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Etymology edit

geronto- +‎ -icide

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Noun edit

geronticide (plural geronticides)

  1. The killing or euthanasia of the elderly
    • 2000, Michael Brogden, Preeti Nijhar, Crime, Abuse and the Elderly, page 33:
      Maxwell et al. (1982) studied geronticide practices in some ninety-five different societies.